As the place to find links to both video as well as written tutorials (some of which have already been mentioned above) along with a comprehensive link list to the content available for Bryce on this site. Now I accept, under normal circumstances such a list would be redundant but since there have been some "technical difficulties" of late. I suggest that it is in both the Bryce PA's interest as well as DAZ's interest and in the interest of promoting the use of Bryce for such a list to be available to Bryce users somewhere on this forum. If the moderators do not agree with this sentiment, I will not be offended if this post is deleted.

There are some good links for non-video tutorials which may be useful and not everyone might visit the New User forum when looking for tutorials (might not be a new user but might find some of them useful!:) )

No worries Ian, not rush. It's really nice of you to offer. RL has a habit of sneaking up on us all sometimes.

Hiya, its done, I have created a quoted reply to the original post (obviously as i couldn't edit the original!) with the amendments that I came across, it wasn't too bad really, I have as suggested not checked the video links. http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/323/#41654

Thank goodness the word "idiosyncrasies" is seldom used. At some point, time permitting, I will tidy this up into some links. But for the mean time, this link links to Peter's vital threads about instancing.

Thanks Graham. Hmn... I wonder why not? I tested it oh... only a few hours ago. But yes it does not work now. I've redone the search and added a new link which now works. I wonder if somehow the searches expire?

This I heartily recommend to anyone interested in HDRI. Not just from the perspective of exporting your images but also in terms of getting to grips with the entire concept. This video offers clear insights into HDRI and tone mapping.

If you got your first free Radiance format .hdr image from web to be used in 3DS Max,Maya, ..etc but it's not working properly in Bryce or to brighty:
Highly recommended , Horo tutorial about the using in Bryce/modifying/exporting a .hdr image , see the link posted above by David Brinnen - post [ # 23 ]
(Thank you David and Horo )
-also open the hdr in HDR Shop and make some adjustments.

If you need .hdr files ready to use in Bryce in IBL
-Visit Horo' website for free .hdr files or see David and Horo' shop content for .hdr packages
-See Bryce installation folders for free .hdr files (you may also use Search in computer for .hdr files)
-See DOSCH HDRI , only the Light Probe (the mirrored ball image) and the Spherical Maps are accepted in Bryce.
(latitude-longitude -ratio 2:1 and the angular maps)

Remember:
* using a hdri image in IBL while rendering might increase the rendering time for at least 10 times but the result is 10 times more realistic
* if you don't use a .hdr on rendering in IBL Lab you can get great HDR results on the final rendered image using few different exposure renders and merging them in Photoshop (see the merging of 2 or 5 images tutorial links) - after all the final HDR image is a result of "Dodging and Burning" with or without Tone Mapping adjustments.